young people know about international pop and movie stars but know less about famous historical people. what are the reasons of this trend and what can be done to solve this problem? v.2
young people know about international pop and movie stars but know less about famous historical people. what are the reasons of this trend and what can be done to solve this problem? v. 2
The young are more knowledgeable about the modern celebrities compared to historical ones. In this essay, some reasons attributed to this trend as well as some ways to keep the young generation informed about the famous people of the past will be proposed.
To begin with, this trend can be explained in various ways. Firstly, the young, today, is obsessed in social media sites such ad Twitter, Facebook and Instagram where they follow the sites of the celebrities like pop and movie stars. For example, a recent study by Columbia university found that about 82% of the US teenagers are active in such sites being a regular follower of 15 stars on average. Thus, young people are more aware of the current celebrities and in comparison, they have little time to watch historical movies or visiting historical sites and museum which are the source of the past information. As a result, it is inevitable that they lack data about the history and be excessively concentrated on the modern stars.
However, there are also some solutions to inform the young generation about the famous people of the past. Firstly, schools should be shouldered great responsibility to accomplish this task. More specifically such institutions should organize meetings with historical scientist, archaeologists, excursions to historic sites. By virtue of this, the young can accumulate more information about the historic personages and also develop a liking for history. In addition, more and more historical movies should be broadcasted on TV whose fans are mainly consisted of the young.
By way of conclusion, imbalance of the knowledge the young possess in terms of celebrities in different period can be attributable to several reasons like excessive focus of young people on social sites and can also be addressed in various ways like increased number of travels and movies about the history
The
young
are more knowledgeable about the modern
celebrities
compared to
historical
ones. In this essay,
some
reasons attributed to this trend
as well
as
some
ways
to
keep
the
young
generation informed about the
famous
people
of the past will
be proposed
.
To
begin
with, this trend can be
explained
in various
ways
.
Firstly
, the
young
,
today
,
is obsessed
in social media
sites
such ad Twitter, Facebook and Instagram where they follow the
sites
of the
celebrities
like pop and
movie
stars.
For example
, a recent study by
Columbia university
found that about 82% of the US
teenagers
are active in such
sites
being a regular follower of 15 stars on average.
Thus
,
young
people
are more aware of the
current
celebrities
and
in comparison
, they have
little
time to
watch
historical
movies
or visiting
historical
sites
and museum which are the source of the past information.
As a result
, it is inevitable that they lack data about the history and be
excessively
concentrated on the modern stars.
However
, there are
also
some
solutions to inform the
young
generation about the
famous
people
of the past.
Firstly
, schools should
be shouldered
great responsibility to accomplish this task. More
specifically
such institutions should organize meetings with
historical
scientist, archaeologists, excursions to historic
sites
. By virtue of this, the
young
can accumulate more information about the historic personages and
also
develop a liking for history.
In addition
, more and more
historical
movies
should
be broadcasted
on TV whose fans are
mainly
consisted of the young.
By
way
of conclusion, imbalance of the knowledge the
young
possess in terms of
celebrities
in
different
period can be attributable to several reasons like excessive focus of
young
people
on social
sites
and can
also
be addressed
in various
ways
like increased number of travels and
movies
about the history
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